Prince Philip leaves Aberdeen hospital after five nights

YEREVAN, AUGUST 20, ARMENPRESS: The Duke of Edinburgh has been discharged from hospital after receiving treatment for a bladder infection.

As Armenpress reports citing BBC, prince Philip, 91, spent five nights at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, his third hospital stay in nine months.

He was taken to hospital on Wednesday during the royals' annual summer break at Balmoral in Aberdeenshire.

It is not yet known if he will be fit to attend the Paralympics opening ceremony with the Queen on 29 August.

It was a low-key exit and he looked extremely relaxed, shaking hands with the doctors and nurses involved in treating him, said the BBC's Lorna Gordon, outside Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

Denise Webster, a senior staff nurse, told reporters: "The duke was a very good patient, and as he left the hospital he told staff to behave themselves and he said he was going back to enjoy the rest of his holiday."

The duke will now return to Balmoral to rejoin the Royal Family.Buckingham Palace had described his admission to hospital as a "precautionary measure" after the recurrence of an infection he suffered shortly before the Diamond Jubilee concert on 4 June.

The duke missed the Royal Family's visit to morning service at Crathie Kirk on Sunday, before spending a fifth night at the NHS hospital, where he was seen by private physicians.